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Ok, thanks for your reply, I have Inspired ones at the moment and have lost 2 pins, however all the other ones have brick/stone/grit/mud in the sockets for the Allen keys.

Nice pictures mate, bike looks pretty top too! What’s your opinion on those Echo pedals? I've been thinking of getting some myself.

That build looks top draw! Beauty! When will the 2011 forks be available to buy? And are those disks better than the standard hope ones, mine are starting to slip a little when doing stuff to front but I’m unsure if it is the pads or disk, or just me.

I would have been impressed if that riding was done with brakes but without them it just raised how amazing the riding and the video was to a whole new level.

Loved it, especially your flatland bar spins and turns of the front wheel, just amazing!

Unfortunately it’s something you’re just going to have to experiment with until you get the feel you want as everyone will have different opinions. However if you think that it's too high then either an 150 x 30 or 150 x 35 will be fine, but you could also try changing your bars to a lower rise set or even flat ones. I used stem stackers to get the height I wanted.

Haha, I didn’t put it in to be a pun but oh well. Nice sweaty pads, that’s just something your going to have to put up with, I started wearing shin pads after a couple of bad shin digs as I didn’t want to continually damage my leg once it had healed, and now its summer they do get a tad sweaty to say the least.

Riding was good, but better camera angles are in order to make it even better. I don’t think the sudden blank screens were really needed to be honest; they just got a bit annoying towards the end.

Nice riding mate, I'm guessing the clips after your injury were the ones with you wearing knee pads, looks like you learnt a lesson from last time doesn’t look like you've lost any confidence either which is smashin’!!

Well the set up was a lot more comfortable than it had previously been and setting it up so the bars were higher also made moves on the rear wheel feel a lot easier and less 'forced'.

I had the same bar and stem combo as you when I had my onza rip and I also decided I wanted to change them, remember that you'll have to get both a new stem and bars if you upgrade as the new parts have different clamp and bar diameters. Anyway, I decided to go with the V!Z 720 bars with a TryAll 3D forged stem, however I use this with 55mm of stem stackers as after a lot of tweaking I decided I preferred them higher.

Think this may be one of the nicest and cleanest looking Inspired's I've set my eyes on. What rims are you running? And what hub have you got up front? It must have taken a lot of tinkering to modify it.

Smashin' bike mate, what hubs you running? They look the business!

I used the green Neon ones for a long time on a smooth Echo TR rim on the rear. They were pretty good but only when the rim and pads were nice and clean, I’m now using Heatsink Yellows (standard plastic backings) and they are far by the best pads I have used (on a medium 'ish' grind), definitely worth splashing out the extra cash if you want a good brake.

^This. The tightest spoke will be first to go, make sure all your spokes are evenly tensioned when you get more fitted, I've had 4 spokes snap down to un-even tension.

What ones did you go for Ali? Or would any of the Duffs range would be as good?

Mine stick fine and as far as I remember they have only slipped a few times, it's just my pins are wearing out the tread now.

Not sure about Vans, however... I've also been looking for some new riding shoes as my Nike 6.0's are wearing out, I've been thinking about getting a pair of Lakai Manchester Select shoes (Here they are) as the sole looks perfect for platform pedals.

Thanks again everyone, I'll pick up a Conti RQ tomorrow should do me fine in the summer; hopefully it will be hot and dry unlike usual British weather.

I see.... Would the non black chilli version still be ok? I didnt want to spend tonnes on tyres as i still have other parts to buy, and this is/ will be my first stock so the non black chilli version may be fine.

Humm, I'm not sure then, I didn't know that there was more than one Continental Rubber Queen 2.4; I dont suppose you have a link to the £45 version so I can compare?

Thanks for all the feedback so far everyone, I had looked at the Der Kaiser and also researched it on the forum to see the pros and cons, but at £50 it is a lot more than the RQ which I can buy from my local bike shop for £17, also this is my first stock build so I didn’t want to splash out tonnes of cash on one tyre. Thanks Greetings for your review, think I may stick with my choice of getting the RQ now but pair it up with a tough downhill tube. I don’t suppose anyone knows of any problems of using this tyre on a FANS frame or will I have enough room for it? As for the front tyre, would using a downhill tube up front help with the pinch prevention and it getting stuck in the rim?

I'm in the process of building up a stock, a Speedrace FANS to be exact, and I've been hunting around the forum looking for threads on tyres. At the moment I'm thinking of going with a Continental Mountain King 2.2 up front and a Continental Rubber Queen 2.4 on the rear after seeing them on a couple of stock builds, however I found that some people had issues with the Queen fitting their frame; therefore does anyone know if the Queen 2.4 will fit my FANS frame ok. Also what are people’s opinions on these two tyres and if there are any major issues with either what other tyre or tyre combo should I go for? If it’s any help I ride both street and natural on my mod so I will also be doing the same with my stock once built. Thanks, James.

Well...practise makes perfect. The effort and practise definitely paid off in the end.

I saw this in the description section on Chain Reaction, however I wanted to know if any of these pads would be better than the standard Hope ones, I was unsure as the pads were classed as DH, Trail and Enduro, all of which very different types of riding compared to trials but all three pads for a trials caliper. That’s why I wanted to see if anyone had used any of these Nuke Proof pads for trials and what they thought of them.